If you own or manage a business and would like to be a government supplier, you need to be prepared.
This information helps you understand the procurement process, access resources and tools and find opportunities for selling your products or services.
- How to
- Calls for tenders and promotion of your products and services
- Filing a complaint
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Federal Contractors Program
Your business has 100 employees or more and works on federal government contracts of $1 million or more? You must meet employment equity requirements.
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Tender for a contract
Learn how to identify potential contracts, what to include in your bid and how to draft it to have the best chances of success.
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Price lists, estimates, quotations and tenders
Learn how to draw up a price list, prepare proposals and estimates, price a contract bid and present your prices to your customers.
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The procurement process
Contact Government of Canada departments and agencies for contracting opportunities, and promote your products and services to them.
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Doing Business with the Ontario Government
Learn about Ontario's purchasing policies and how to sell your products and services to the government.
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Bid on opportunities: The bidding process
Find out about contract bidding opportunities and the bidding process used by Public Services and Procurement Canada.
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Doing business with NASA
Learn how to find opportunities and understand the procurement process of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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How to prepare a bid
Use this guide to help you bid on government opportunities so that you can sell your goods or services to the government.
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Promote yourself to government buyers
Find out how to increase your chances of becoming a supplier to the Government of Canada.
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Standing offers
Register for a standing offer with the Government of Canada to get a chance to sell your goods or services to government departments.
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Supply arrangements
Become a pre-qualified supplier for the Government of Canada for certain goods and services.
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What the government buys
From airplanes to paper clips, the Government of Canada buys many products and services. Learn more about what you can sell to the Government of Canada.
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U.S. government procurement
Learn about the U.S. government procurement process, market evaluations and contracting opportunities at all levels of government.
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U.S. General Services Administration
Do business with the acquisition and procurement arm of the US federal government.
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Government procurement: international trade agreements
Get details on all the free trade agreements covering government procurement that Canada has signed, as well as agreements under negotiation.
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Selling to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
All purchases made by the U.S. DoD that are valued at over $150,000 USD are made through the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC).
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Trade agreements — Government procurement
Learn about Canada's main trade agreements and how their procurement provisions may affect your procurement contract.
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SIMAP — European public procurement
Find information on European public procurement and opportunities to do business with the European Union and its member states.
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SEAO Electronic Tendering System
Tender online for requests for proposals from the Government of Quebec.
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SAM.gov
Find opportunities to sell your goods or services to the United States government.
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AusTender
Find Australian Government procurement opportunities.
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Doing business in Canada
Find procurement opportunities for the federal, provincial and territorial governments.
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Contacts for GSIN Codes
Use this directory to identify and market yourself and your goods to purchasing managers in Public Works and Government Services Canada.
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Buyandsell.gc.ca — Tenders
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Access information on tenders issued by the Government of Canada.
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Alberta Purchasing Connection
Alberta Government
Find opportunities to sell your products or services to the Government of Alberta and to other agencies.
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Request for Tenders/Proposals — Nunavut
Department of Community and Government Services
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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Selling to the Manitoba Government
Manitoba Infrastructure
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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Calling all suppliers to support COVID-19 efforts
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Are you a business that can supply products and services in support of Canada's response to COVID-19? We need items such as masks, gloves, gowns, hand sanitizer, and services such as security, nursing, food, laundry, accommodation maintenance and IT support.
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Buyandsell.gc.ca — Register as a supplier
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Register your business to get a Procurement Business Number, and search for active tenders so you can bid on contracts and sell your goods and services to the federal government.
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Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business
Indigenous Services Canada
Register as an Indigenous supplier and get access to procurement opportunities specifically for Indigenous businesses.
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Centralized professional services ePortal
public Services and Procurement Canada
If you are a professional or a specialist, you can register your company in this database to conduct business with the Government of Canada.
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Tenders Online — New Brunswick Opportunities Network
Service New Brunswick
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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Tenders — Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Public Procurement Agency
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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Current Tenders — Nova Scotia
Procurement Services
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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Tenders — Prince Edward Island Tenders
Department of Finance
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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SaskTenders
Ministry of Central Services
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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Canadian Commercial Corporation
Canadian Commercial Corporation
Connect with foreign government buyers and the Canadian government when pursuing government procurement leads in another country.
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Government procurement - Quebec
Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor
Find the information you need to do business with the Government of Quebec and benefit from Quebec government contracts.
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Doing Business with the Government — British Columbia
Procurement Services
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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Yukon bids&tenders
Department of Highways and Public Works
Access open tenders for goods and services to find opportunities that your company is qualified for.
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MERX — Canadian Public Tenders
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Find opportunities to sell your products or services to provincial governments and other organizations using the MERX system.
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Contract Services
Department of Highways and Public Works
You can access information on Government of Yukon's contracting process and find out about current and anticipated tenders.
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OSME — Help for Small and Medium Enterprises
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Want to understand how to sell to the Government of Canada? Access free seminars and webinars, or speak with an expert about the contracting process and how to find opportunities.
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Accelerated Growth Service
Innovation, Science and economic Development Canada
Does your company have annual sales of at least $5 million and show promising growth? You may be eligible for the CED support program.
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SELECT
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Do you have a construction, architectural or engineering services business? Register in this database to become an approved supplier to the Government of Canada.
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Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS)
Department of National Defence
Check out current and future challenges and submit your ideas for a chance to get money to pursue your ideas and help the Canadian Armed Forces solve defence and security issues.
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Programme de soutien à l'économie sociale - volet 4: Approvisionnement auprès des entreprises d'économie sociale (in French only)
Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation
Get financial support for promotional and outreach activities that allow your company to access government, municipal and private markets.
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Impact Canada challenges
Impact Canada
Could your technology idea solve a challenging government problem? You could be eligible for funding and other resources to help put your idea into action.
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PAC — Help for Small and Medium Enterprises
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Want to understand how to sell to the Government of Canada? Access free seminars and webinars, or speak with an expert about the contracting process and how to find opportunities.
Office of the Procurement Ombudsman
- 400-410 Laurier Avenue West
- Ottawa, Ontario
- K1R 1B7
Visit the website
Services offered:
Reception and review of complaints on public procurement contracts - Dispute resolution service for disputes between suppliers and federal departments.